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·July 5, 2022·5 min read

Link Between Recognizing Our Voice and Feeling in Control

Recognition of our own voices creates a sense of agency in speech and is a critical factor in our sense of control over our speech. Researchers say personal connection to our voices may be key to understanding auditory hallucinations and could help to improve a person's virtual reality experience.

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·February 15, 2022·4 min read

Dogs Can Recognize Their Owner by Voice Alone

Differences in sound properties, including pitch and timbre, help dogs to recognize the voice of their owners over that of a stranger.

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·October 12, 2021·6 min read

Gorillas Can Tell Human Voices Apart

Gorillas not only recognize familiar human voices, they can also connect the voices to pleasant, or not-so-pleasant memories of the person.

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·April 22, 2019·4 min read

Artificial intelligence can diagnose PTSD by analyzing voices

Artificial intelligence technology is able to objectively differentiate between those with PTSD and those without by analyzing speech samples, with 89.1% accuracy.

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·April 20, 2019·4 min read

Hello, kitty: Cats recognize their own names

Domestic cats are able to discriminate the content of human speech, including recognizing their names, based upon phonemic differences.

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·December 27, 2017·4 min read

Where Voice Recognition Occurs in the Brain

A new study reveals the superior temporal gyrus appears to be critical for voice recognition.

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·June 20, 2017·5 min read

Human Voices Are Unique, But We’re Not That Good at Recognizing Them

When it comes to recognizing different human voices, people often have a very hard time, researchers report.

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·June 12, 2017·4 min read

Bilingual Children Are Better at Recognizing Voices

According to researchers, bilingual children perform better at voice recognition and processing than monolingual children.

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·September 18, 2012·3 min read

Theory: Music Underlies Language Acquisition

Contrary to the prevailing theories that music and language are cognitively separate or that music is a byproduct of language, theorists at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) advocate that music underlies the ability to acquire language.

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·August 7, 2012·3 min read

Making It Easier to Learn to Read: Dyslexia Caused by Signal Processing in the Brain

Major step in understanding the cause of dyslexia is taken. Scientists have discovered an important neural mechanism underlying dyslexia and shown that many difficulties associated with dyslexia can potentially be traced back to a malfunction of the medial geniculate body in the thalamus.